Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission has cited telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx for sharing sensitive consumer health data with several advertising platforms, in violation of its own privacy promises to consumers. The agency has filed a proposed order demanding that GoodRx pay $1.5 including Facebook and Google.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Yesterday, the FTC issued its first penalty for noncompliance with the Health Breach Notification Rule to the prescription drug provider, GoodRx Holdings Inc, which has been ordered to pay a financial penalty of $1.5 Since January 2017 more than 55 million consumers have used the GoodRx website and mobile app. That has now changed.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 19, 2021

GoodRx will use HealthiNation's educational health videos to inform consumers and as an offering in its Manufacturing Solutions business. .

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 15, 2021

What You Should Know: – Wheel , the digital health company putting great care within everyone’s reach, today announced a new integration with GoodRx , America’s digital resource for healthcare, to help people save on their prescription costs and follow their treatment plans. GoodRx Integration.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

GoodRx was alleged to have failed to issue notification letters to customers whose PHI was disclosed to third parties such as Google and Facebook via tracking technologies on its website and mobile app. GoodRx said it decided to settle the case and pay a $1.5 GoodRx maintains there was no wrongdoing.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2023

What You Should Know: – Amino Health , a digital healthcare navigation company, today announced the appointment of John Asalone as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Asalone succeeds David Vivero, the company’s founder and CEO, who will transition to the role of Chairman.

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Mobi Health News

MAY 14, 2021

The company is now facing even more competition from retail giant Amazon.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 12, 2023

The CVS Health company's members will have access to GoodRx's generic drug prices through the new program, Caremark Cost Saver.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

The FTC remains vigilant in protecting consumer data security, with recent enforcement actions against companies like GoodRx and Easy Healthcare (Premom app) for violating the HBNR. Effective Date and Additional Actions These changes will take effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.

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C&M Health Law

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

On February 1, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced an enforcement action (“Enforcement Action”) against California-based telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings, Inc. GoodRx”) for allegedly violating section 5 of the FTC Act and the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”).

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Health Law RX

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Apparently dissatisfied with the industry’s response, the agency enforced the HBNR against GoodRx for the first time since the rule was released more than a decade ago. GoodRx’s platform enables users to compare prices at different pharmacies and receive discounted medications when using the company’s coupons.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

The types of data potentially disclosed to tech companies included names, IP addresses, sign-in statuses, and information about users navigated through the websites and apps. Notifications are expected to be issued in May 2024.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 13, 2023

This filing follows up on a February FTC order citing telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx for sharing sensitive consumer data with several advertising platforms, violating its own privacy promises to consumers. According to the company, more than 55 million consumers have visited or used GoodRx’s website since 2017.

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HealthIT Answers

AUGUST 1, 2023

Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on hiring include AHIP, FINN Partners, Luna, CenExel, RestorixHealth, BCBSA, The Cigna Group, symplr, CVS Health, UCI Health, CenTrak, Better Health Group, GoodRx, & Vytalize Health. The post Health IT Hires and Appointments appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

According to the company, which just released a letter outlining the nature of the data issue, Cerebral discovered a breach on January 3, 2023. The company noted that while it wasn’t aware of any misuse of PHI made available by the tracking technology, it was prepared to offer free credit monitoring to users who want it.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 12, 2021

The company boasted strong revenues and membership growth but took a hit in its GAAP net income.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Most health care providers who were using telehealth by August 2021 felt optimistic about virtual care in a study from GoodRx on The State of Telehealth. GoodRx collaborated with the ATA on the 624 U.S. GoodRx then assessed the patient view on telehealth engagement, asking consumers how telehealth compared with in-person care.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 9, 2024

– These awards recognize the most innovative and impactful companies, technologies, and products shaping the future of digital health and medical technology globally. Winners were selected based on a comprehensive assessment, including the most innovative and technologically advanced products and services. IDgenetix

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Jane Sarashon

OCTOBER 12, 2022

I collaborated with GoodRx on a “yellow paper” discussing The Health Consumers as Payer , with implications and calls-to-action for pharma and life science companies. The post The Patient as Prescription Drug Payer – The GoodRx Playbook appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Law RX

APRIL 5, 2023

The FTC post provides a deep dive on the technical aspects of the GoodRx and BetterHelp enforcement actions, including a primer on pixel tracking technology and how it works to collect data and personal information of website visitors and users of mobile apps.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In just three years, the company has delivered care to over four million people, built a customer portfolio of leading digital health brands such as GoodRx, and is powering large enterprises and Fortune 50 companies in retail, health plan, and pharmaceutical and life science industries, including as a third-party provider for Amazon Clinic.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 17, 2024

Nirveek De, Chief Product Officer at Thirty Madison What You Should Know: – Thirty Madison , a leading specialty care company dedicated to improving access, affordability, and patient experience, has announced the appointment of Nirveek De as its first Chief Product Officer. ”

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C&M Health Law

MARCH 9, 2023

This latest enforcement action comes just one month after the FTC announced an enforcement action against GoodRx for allegedly violating Section 5 of the FTC Act and the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR”). While the FTC did not allege violations of the HBNR by BetterHelp, further enforcement action could still be looming.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In the discussion, you’ll also find additional insights and trend-weaving insights via Richard Resnick of Cureatr, Richard Milani of Ochsner Health, AHIMA, Marcee Wilder’s research in Circulation, and how Albertson’s Companies is partnering with WinnCompanies, a real estate developer, to deliver medicines to people at home.

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HIPAA & Health IT

MARCH 2, 2023

Watch out HHS, the FTC is taking the lead in enforcing privacy violations by companies also subject to HIPAA. million civil monetary penalty it imposed on drug discount and telehealth provider GoodRx for violating the FTC act’s prohibition on unfair and deceptive practices. What can other companies learn from that example?

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A bipartisan group of senators has written to three telehealth companies demanding answers about the use of third-party tracking technologies on their websites and details of the sensitive health data that they share with third parties such as Meta, Google, and social media networks.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Surgical care company LiveData has integrated PREFcards to incorporate surgical preferences into its PeriOp Manager product. GoodRx released Provider Mode , a tool to help providers find low-cost options for the drugs they are about to prescribe. In addition, GoodRx announced an integration with Biogen to initiate specialty therapies.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 5, 2020

in February 2020, telehealth has received substantial funding for growing existing companies, as well as new innovations popping up in the growing virtual care landscape. For example, AmWell began collaborating with the Google cloud business, where the company invested $100 million to scale the alliance.

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Compliancy Group

AUGUST 7, 2023

Companies that HIPAA does not regulate must also use tracking technologies appropriately. Recently, the FTC Office of Technology issued guidance putting these companies on notice that they must monitor the flow of health information to third parties that use such technologies – to protect against unauthorized disclosures.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Read more… FTC Hits GoodRx With $1.5 GoodRX failed to tell consumers know about unauthorized disclosures of its data to a list of advertiser platforms , the FTC said in announcing its fine. Million Fine. Sexual healthcare provider TBD Health announced a $4.4 million seed round.

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Compliancy Group

MAY 3, 2023

The companies attribute the intrusion to the pixel-tracking software they installed on their websites for marketing purposes. Health companies are cautioned by the HHS against using pixel-tracking software as they may subject them to legal action for violating patient privacy. Pixel Tracking Within the Businesses After the U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2024

The first organizations to face action over alleged violations were GoodRx and Easy Healthcare ( Premom ). They explained that they felt the final rule “exceeds the Commission’s statutory authority, puts companies at risk of perpetual noncompliance, and opens the Commission to legal challenge that could undermine its institutional integrity.”

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 21, 2023

A later study by The Markup found that the technologies were also widely used by telehealth companies. Even companies that are not required to comply with the HIPAA Rules have an obligation to protect personal health information against impermissible disclosure.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

.” Over the past sixty days, the business rationale for “getting people the care they need” could have been written into press releases from Sam’s Club and Walmart, Amazon, Best Buy and GoodRx, all of which announced plans in the past few weeks to extend health/care services in the U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 14, 2023

These impermissible disclosures have sparked several lawsuits and while there has been no action taken by OCR in response to these breaches, the Federal Trade Commission has taken action against non-HIPAA-covered entities such as GoodRx and Betterhelp.

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2020

GoodRx has developed a tool to help consumers navigate where they could find a COVID-19 test locally. As of the 21st of April, GoodRx had listed 670 testing sites throughout the U.S., Every company’s in the health business, I wrote here in Health Populi ten years ago. The private sector in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2022

An hour after the Morning Consult session, I brainstormed the topic of consumers-as-payers of medical bills and prescription drugs with GoodRx strategy leaders. In that report, Guardian, an insurance and financial services company, asked people to rank the macro factors that shape their wellbeing. .” Yes, that Mark Cuban).

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